Museums and National Parks

• Depending on your passions, you may find that you would enjoy working for a museum, historic home or national park. These places often need tour guides, interpreters, administrative staff, grant writers and research staff.
  
  

Writing and Journalism

• Historians often make the best writers, because they have been trained to craft a thesis and support it with evidence. Your associate degree could make you an ideal candidate for posts as a freelance writer, grant writer or journalist.
  
  

Business

• Your writing skills and ability to think critically will also serve you well in any number of business or office jobs. Whether you work in sales, advertising, human resources or administration, your writing skills learned while studying for your associate degree will help you succeed.
  
  

Research

• If you enjoy research, you may find that your degree has prepared you to be a research assistant to a historian, college professor or librarian. You would also be prepared for work as an archivist.
  
  

Teaching

• With an associate degree, you will be well prepared for work as a teacher's aide or teaching assistant. If you go back to school for more advanced degrees, you will find that you have even more career options. With a bachelor's degree, you will be poised for a career teaching kindergarten through grade 12. With a master's or PhD, you will be prepared for teaching at the college level or for teaching kindergarten through grade 12 for a higher level of pay.
  
  

Legal Professions

• Many lawyers and legal professionals have history backgrounds. If you choose to go on to further study, you could become a lawyer, law professor, judge or legal historian. Without further study, you will be well-suited to work as a paralegal, legal assistant, administrative assistant or clerk, depending on the law firm.
  
  

A Note on Associate Degrees

• Unfortunately, some employers do not give a great deal of weight to your associate degree unless you have further educational plans. However, having this degree will still give you an advantage over people who only have a high school diploma or GED. Depending on your career aspirations, however, you may need to go back to school at some point.